I stand opposite 201 everyone has gathered around us, I can feel all the anticipation from the warriors. I stare at 201 trying to size him up, its been a long time since I have sparred with anyone properly. Delphyne looks at both of us we both nod at her.
"Okay, START" Both of us remain still not moving an inch, we are both waiting for the perfect opportunity. The atmosphere is tense and it's like the world has gone silent, at that moment someone in the crowed sneezes and 201 lunges for me. I quickly dodge and try to knee him in the face, but as I bring my knee up he backs away. I realise I left myself open for a counter but for some reason 201 doesn't take that chance and backs away.
"201 DON'T YOU DARE GO EASY ON ME !" I shout at him, I know he saw my mistake, the only reason he would not take the chance is because he doesn't want to push me.
"If you don't fight me for real you won't like the consequences" I say sternly to him and glare.
"I'm sorry, i'll fight for real " he takes a deep breath and exhales, he then gives me no time to react and lunges ten times faster at me again. I manage to dodge but at this point I am relying on my instincts he is almost to fast to see. I start to tap into my wolfs power and suddenly its like he is moving slower and I can start to counter him. We go on for the next few minuets both of us getting hits in every so often, suddenly 201 changes into his wolf. I can hear all the warriors gasp at his wolf, he is the size of a Beta and has pitch Black fur. Most turned wolfs are the same size as Omegas and have grey fur, Black fur is uncommon, especially for a turned wolf. Suddenly this fight just got real, he manages to catch me by surprise and locks his teeth into my leg. The pain is strong but I have experienced much worse in my life so it doesn't affect me as much as it should. 201 rips a chunk of flesh off and also manages to claw my back. My wolf is creeping to the surface with each injury and as much as I try to hold her back I can't suddenly an excruciating pain fills my body. I fall to the floor and before I know it my vision changes and I can hear lots more around me when I look at my feet I see my paws instead, crap I shifted. Everyone around us backs away and gasps, unfortunately one of the consequences of the experiments meant that my wolfs injury don't heal completely so i'm left with scars all over my body. Let's just say my wolf looks like she went through a shredder, along with this I have bright red fur, this has almost never been seen on a wolf. At this exact moment in time I am too far distracted with fighting to care about the others reactions. Me and 201 begin to fight like wild animals we tear at each other and try to grip the others throat. As we keep fighting my vision starts to fade and I start loosing control the images of my past start to over lap with what i'm seeing now. Suddenly all I can see is my enemies and targets I must kill.
".... Queen..." I can hear a voice but don't know who it is.
"... Please..... Back...." what are they trying to say, I start to get a headache.
".... Don't .... control you" wait why am I fighting again.
"Anima tua in pace requiescat in felicitate" Wait is that a spell, suddenly my vision goes dark and a feel myself collapse into someones arms.
"How is she ? Is she going to be okay ?" I can hear someone near me.
"Physically she will be fine .... but I don't know about her mental state" is that Madock, I need to wake up find out about what happened. I starts to open my eyes and look around I see all my deputies with their backs to me talking, it looks like i'm back in my room.
"This is all my fault I should off never fought her so hard, I pushed her too far" 201 admits to everyone.
"Thats not true, I asked you to and I was adamant I could take it" I tell him, they all look around to me and rush to my side Madock and Flora are first to reach me and start using their magic to examine me.
"How are you feeling?" Flora asks me.
"A little groggy and stiff, to be honest I don't really remember much from after I changed into my wolf" I look at them all with worried faces. Realisation hits me.
"I lost control again didn't I?" before anyone can say anything I ask "How many did I hurt? Please tell me I did not kill anyone?" I start to panic I can't hurt my own people.
"Clam down we got to you before you hurt anyone, 201 took the brunt of it but I have healed him and all he needs is some rest now" Madock tells me.
"I guess I really am a monster I can't even spar without hurting people" I chuckle sadly.
"Don't ever call yourself a monster !" Lestat bursts out.
"I know monsters and you are not one, forgive me my queen but you need to sort this out, you can not keep going on shutting everything away and pretending you are fine. Clearly you are not, I think after you get some rest we should all sit down together and hear your whole Story. You need to let it out and when we talk about it, it won't be as queen and subordinate it will be as friends because thats what you are to all of us. You have saved each one of us in one way or another and we all owe you our lives so please confide in us and let us help you for once" Lestat almost pleads with me, this is the most emotional I have seen him for a while. Maybe I should tell them the truth, the whole truth.